Minister Meets Faith-Based Organisations

Edwin Batshu
Edwin Batshu

The Minister of Nationality Immigration and Gender Affairs, Edwin Batshu met with the representatives of Botswana Christian Council (BCC), Evangelical Fellowship of Botswana (EFB) and Organisation of Independent African Churches (OAIC) on September 26, 2017 in Gaborone.

The three organisations or councils oversee member churches in Botswana.

The purpose of the meeting was to give feedback on progress made, since the last meeting in 2012, as regards the involvement of the church in the development of the country and as an advisory body to government.  The minister thanked the councils for the meeting and shared with them the main issues discussed in the last meeting held in 2012.

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